Solidago erecta - (image 1 of 4)
Taxonomy
Family: Asteraceae
Habitat
Dry woods.
Associates
Distribution
Coastal New England and NJ to southern OH and IN, south to GA and MS.
Morphology
Herbaceous perennial from a branched caudex; stems 30-120 cm, puberulent in the inflorescence but otherwise glabrous; leaves mostly basal, 1.5-5 cm wide and 7-30 cm long, the larger ones broadly oblanceolate to obovate or elliptic; middle cauline leaves mostly 0.5-2 cm wide; inflorescence elongate, narrow, sometimes with a few long cylindrical branches like the main axis; heads distant, especially below; involucres 3.5-6.5 mm; rays 5-9, pale yellow; disk flowers 6-10.
Notes
Flowers September to October
Wetland indicator: NA.
Similar to the more widely distributed S. speciosa but with the heads more widely spaced in a more slender inflorescence and with middle cauline leaves more narrow (0.5-2 cm vs. more than 2 cm wide). Another similar species is S. hispida which has hirsute stems (instead of glabrous below the inflorescence) and deeper yellow flowers. Photographed in southern NJ.
References
Gleason, Henry A. and A. Cronquist. 1991. Manual of Vascular Plants of
Northeastern United States
and Adjacent Canada. Second Ed.
The New York Botanical Garden. Bronx, NY
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